Predictive Ranges

Predictive Ranges forecasts the trading range price is likely to respect next, projecting support and resistance levels around a central estimate of price's tendency. Its width logic rests on the same foundation as ATR bands, an average-true-range measure scaled by a factor, but the output is a forward range that holds its ground instead of an envelope glued to price. Originally a premium feature, it was open-sourced in response to its popularity and remains one of the house's signature tools.

How to Trade the Predictive Ranges?

• Range extremes: price approaching the upper or lower boundary often precedes a reversal (cues for fades, exits, or tightening stops).
• Central level slope: a rising central level reads as an uptrend, a falling one as a downtrend, the quickest trend check the tool offers.
• Range breaks: when price escapes the projected range, new levels print in real time, so the map never goes stale.
• Stability by design: once a bar closes, levels hold their positions until a new range is defined, which makes them dependable planning references. On the live bar they can still move, and with a higher Timeframe setting they keep updating until that timeframe's bar closes.

Raising the Factor produces broader, longer-lived ranges that are statistically less likely to be exceeded, a steadier frame for longer-term analysis.

Predictive Ranges Settings

• Length: the ATR length used in the calculation; higher values generally yield ranges of consistent width.
• Factor: controls range width. Higher values give broader, less frequent ranges.
• Timeframe: generates the output from a timeframe other than the chart's.
• Source: the indicator's input source; matching it to the price scale keeps readings coherent.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do Predictive Ranges repaint?

Predictive Ranges or Predictive Channels?

Why is it free?